Comments on: Does Sirius XM Have Long Term Juice?

By: Gino Lattarulo

Gino Lattarulo — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 21:15:39 +0000

@Rusty Hodge Actually ACSAP is the largest by membership (240k) and collects the most royalties as a total. The average payout from sound exchange is about 500.00 which is very small. Personally I belong to BMI.

By: Scott Atkinson

Scott Atkinson — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:38:01 +0000

I don’t know whether there are ‘enough’ people to keep SiriusXM going, but I do know this: radio and music services like Pandora or Slacker are two distinct things.

I listen to terrestrial radio or SiriusXM because I want someone else to do the driving, to entertain me. I want someone to show me what I don’t know.

I use Slacker and last f.m. to extend what I already do know – to fill in the blanks on music I’m already interested in.

I think Slacker/last f.m./Pandora are ‘a’ future for radio, but not ‘the’ future, and as long as SiriusXM is broadcasting, I’ll subscribe.

Scott Atkinson
Watertown NY

By: Rusty Hodge

Rusty Hodge — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:39:03 +0000

ASCAP and BMI aren’t the big royalties. They’re somewhat reasonable, combined about 4% of revenues. SoundExchange is the big expensive royalty that’s killing all the broadcasters, Pandora and Live365 are rumored to be paying 20-25% of their total revenue in this royalty. Saltellite radio gets a deal and only pays about 6.5% (going up to aprox 7% this year).

If internet radio only had to worry about ASCAP and BMI (as well as SESAC, the third of the PROs), they’d be in much, much netter shape than they are now.

By: bubba-ho-tep

bubba-ho-tep — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:38:31 +0000

Hey Chairman….I wouldn’t be so quick to praise Malone so blindly. YES…he saved this company from the brink of BK. Is that good? Of COURSE….but for whom in the long run? Who is going to reap the benefit? Malone thats WHO.

If you think for a minute that Malone isn’t capable of throwing investors under the bus….you are living in a fantasy.

It’s great to look at the positives….but you also have to acknowledge the potential negatives too.

By: chairman ceo

chairman ceo — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:22:46 +0000

The world market for late model US autos already sat radio equiped shall generate revenue and the iphone is a globally desired item,lets not forget the up coming russian launch as well,starting to see?
Siri xm is here to stay and shall only continue to grow as a company and a great stock,The negative outlook comes from scorned investors angered (And rightly so)about the mismanagement that has ran rampant prior to the intervention of John Malone that resulted in tremendous losses for shareholders, but the Doctor is in and he has stopped the bleeding, performed surgery and has begun rehabilitating the patient!

The paramount problem for the stock price is the lack of confidence that
comes from a lack of public relations and disclosure from management.

I rate this stock as a strong buy in the thirties and its proven ability to sustain in this area clearly illuminates a bottom,Now is
the time to aqcuire as much stock as one can tolerate because growth
is imminent!

If you are a former shareholder who lost and sold,Now is the time to reinvest and not only recoup your losses but attain some long over due gains!

If you are a first time investor dont believe the misinformation and negative commentary this company is on the rebound.

Sure,we have had a drunk captain at the helm for a long time and yes while we may have run aground on his watch we did not sink and with hard work we managed to get off the reef and have been repairing the
damage and are getting ready to set sail once again.True we still have the same drunk captain and while he may be on the bridge he is not at the helm anymore.

What I know of Malone is that if he has to shove his arm up mel’s A#@
and operate him like a sock puppet to get results he is prepaired to do so!

But hey I am only holding 10mil shares common and shorting 1-3mil daily
so what do i know right?

cordially,
chairman-ceo